Summary:
Zip code 91101 has two schools in this elementary-school group: McKinley serves grades K–8 and enrolls 538 students, while Aveson School of Leaders serves grades K–5 and enrolls 279. Their 2024–2025 results show sharply different school profiles: Aveson was above California in all three subjects, while McKinley was below the state in all three. The most important takeaway is that the two schools do not represent a uniform picture of local performance.
Aveson School of Leaders stands out at the top of the 2024–2025 comparison: 52% of students met the standard in English language arts (ELA), 54% in math, and 59% in science, compared with 27%, 15%, and 14% at McKinley. Aveson led McKinley by 25 percentage points in ELA, 39 in math, and 45 in science; it also exceeded state results in all three subjects. McKinley was 22 points below California in ELA, 22 in math, and 19 in science. SchoolDigger’s 2024–2025 rankings echo the difference, placing Aveson at the 73rd percentile with 4 stars and McKinley at the 17th percentile with 1 star.
McKinley’s newer 2025–2026 results show no broad turnaround relative to the state: ELA fell 2 points and science fell 4, while math rose 1; its state gaps widened by 3 points in ELA, less than 1 point in math, and 7 points in science. Grade-level results add nuance: Aveson’s third-grade ELA and math were 8 and 6 points below the state, though its fourth- and fifth-grade results were above state levels. Other context measures also differ: in 2024–2025, 78% of McKinley students and 28% of Aveson students were free/reduced lunch eligible; student-teacher ratios were 18.1 and 16.7, respectively. These are observations, not explanations for the achievement difference. Aveson’s supplied results cover one year, so year-to-year score trends cannot be compared between both schools.
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